tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5689899456006697309..comments2018-02-21T13:37:56.078-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Adams Family and the Wonderful PigJ. L. Bellnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-42179631945704850432012-08-05T10:08:13.722-05:002012-08-05T10:08:13.722-05:00Delighted to read your investigation of the histor...Delighted to read your investigation of the historical particulars of the Learned Pig! It&#39;s not at all clear, I agree, that any of the Adamses saw the Learned Pig in London; their remarks are all disparaging and in one letter Abigail called such entertainments &quot;fit only to please children.&quot; Jefferson did see the pig, as he recorded the expense of one shilling for admittance.<br /><br />The claim that Adams had seen Pinchbeck&#39;s pig is in that gentleman&#39;s own advertisements, such as that in the Providence Gazette of Sept. 8 1798: &quot;The public may rest assured that this Animal is the same that merited the Golden Collar in Europe, and exhibited before President Adams and family, with great Applause.&quot; The basis for this claim is not clear -- if the pig of Pinchbeck was indeed the same as shown at Sadler&#39;s Wells, then perhaps he alludes to a London showing -- or perhaps there was one in America which we otherwise know nothing of.<br /><br />I&#39;ll look forward to your further posts!Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.com